Steele misses cut at Royal Troon
By Jack Clark
On a blustery, rainy Friday on the Royal Troon course in Scotland, Brendan Steele bogeyed his final two holes to post a 7-over-par 73-76 — 149, missing the cut by two strokes. That had to be disappointing for him.
The Idyllwild native will take this week off.
Basketball Robert Lewis, Town Hall recreation director, gave this report on Town Hall Youth Basketball. Division 1 (ages 6-9) On Friday, Feb. 15, the American Legion Lakers played the Idyology Celtics. Miles Seacrest played great for the Celtics with 2 points and played good defense. Kaylee Gage had 6 points for the Lakers as they…
Hemet High Boys cross-country The Hemet High School boy’s cross-county team’s season ended at the CIF — SS preliminary races Saturday, Nov. 10. They finished ninth in its heat, but were about a minute short of qualifying for this coming weekend’s CIF-SS cross-county finals. Idyllwild sophomore Jayden Emerson cointinued his streak of sub-16-minute races, but…
Brendan Steele posted a 7-over-par 76-73 — 149 for the first two days of the Velspar Championship in Palm Harbor, Florida, missing the cut by 6 shots. The Idyllwild native’s recent problems continued. He was under 50 percent in both driving accuracy and greens in regulation, and he lost 2.7 strokes to the field putting…
The Idyllwild native plays Shriners in Las Vegas this week Brendan Steele posted a 1-under-par 74-68-72-73 — 287 at the Safeway Open in Napa last week to tie for 60th place. He collected 15 birdies, but they were offset by 12 bogeys and a double. He averaged drives of 307 yards, but found only 50%…
If you follow native Idyllwilder Brendan Steele on computer or cell phone, you may be wondering why he is not in the field for the FedEx St. Jude Children’s Hospital Classic, as we earlier indicated. The reason is that after last Friday afternoon (when Brendan was required to sign up for this week’s St. Jude),…
Jim Crandall, Palms to Pines Golf Association handicap chair, provided this report about the Friday, Jan. 18, golf tournament. The club held its regular monthly tournament at the Woodhaven Country Club in Palm Desert. The sign at the entry to the club reads, “Your Happy Day of Golf Begins Here.” And it’s true — most…
